Ticket-holder for car-seats.



No. 670,647 Patented Mar. 26; law.

F. K. STEPHENS. TICKET HOLDER FOB CAB SEATS.

(lpplieatiokflled atugw 1, '1899.

(N o Model.)-

WITNESSES: S INVENTOR VATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK K. STEPHENS, OF SAYRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET-HOLDER FOR CAR-SEATS! SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 670,647, dated March 26, 1901. Application filed August 1, 1899.Serial No. 725,732. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK K. STE- PHENS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sayre, in the county of Bradford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Holder forGar-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket-holders which aredesigned to be attached to the top rim of car-seat backs or elsewherefor the purpose of receiving and displaying the passengers ticket orconductors trip-slip in a conspicuous and convenient place.

The object of my improvements is to provide a simple, cheap, and durablearticle of this description which may be fitted down flush upon the rimof the car-seat back or other place of attachment, so as to present a.

smooth surface without unseemly projections. I attain my object by thedevice illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1represents a portion of a car-seat back with my ticket-holder in place;Fig. 2, a plan View of the holder; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of thesame, and Fig. 4 a detail showing the spring-strap.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a car-seat back, to thetop rim of which is secured a plateB, of brass or other.

suitable material, curved orotherwise shaped to conform with the rim ofthe seat-back. A narrow strap D, of thin spring-steel or other suitablematerial, is run longitudinally along the center of the top of plate B,passingbeneath the end portions thereof through the slots 0 0, beingprovided with holes to register with the screw-holes at the ends of theplate. One or both holes in the strap D may be elongated, as illustratedin Fig. 4, in order that the tension of the strap upon the top of theplate may be regulated as desired. Preferably I use countersunk screws,as shown-in Fig. 3, in order to present a smooth and flush top surface,the screws at the ends holding both the plate and the strap in place. Byletting up on the screw at the end where the strap D isslotted the strapD may be raised from the plate B or made to hug it tightly, as desired.In the illustration I have shown the plate B slightly curved, as this isthe usual form of a car-seat rim, and as said seats are usually coveredwith plush it will be seen that the plate and strap D will set down intothe plush, so as to present no undesirable projections. Where the rim isof wood, the plate B may be set down into the wood in the same manner.The holder may be placed elsewhere on the seat-back or on the side ofthe car.

In use the strap D is set so as to permit the ticket to be readilyslipped between it and the plate B, as indicated in Fig. 1, itsadjustment being readily accomplished, as heretofore described.

Having thus described my improvements, what I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A ticket-holder comprising a stiff baseplate, a spring-strap narrowerthan said plate running longitudinally along the top thereof and passingbeneath the end portions of the plate through slots provided therefor,and screws passing through the plate and strap at each end to secure theholder in place, one of the holes through the spring-strap being slottedas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence oftwowitnesses.

FREDERICK K. STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

A. L. Laws, F. E. SENGER.

